Wednesday, August 21, 2013

The Southwest's Ancient Giant Population

The population of ancient giants in the Ohio Valley area has been well known and talked about, discussed in newspapers and marveled over by farmers who dug them up inadvertently, but the southwestern US had a fairly large share of them, mostly found in caves, not burial mounds.It would appear there were many kinds of these giant natives, likely with different languages, technology, and lifestyles. Much of this area now known to be desert, was once filled with lush lakes and greenery coming out of the ice age period. It was an ideal fertile ground for life - of all kinds.And, for those who believe Smithsonian hoarding ancient giant artifacts is a myth, pay special notice to things highlighted in red.

"Atlantis in the Colorado River Desert" (1947 Nevada news): Near the Nevada -
California - Arizona border area, 32 caves within a 180 square mile area
were discovered to hold the remains of ancient, strangely costumed 8 -9
foot giants. Dr. F. Bruce Russell had come to Death Valley from the
east coast. He had taken up mining in the west for the sake of his
health and was exploring across the Colorado River into Arizona. What he
found he described as the burial place of a tribal hierarchy within the
ritual hall of an ancient people. He felt that some unknown catastrophe
had driven them into these caves. All of the implements of their
civilization were there, including household utensils and stoves. Dr.
Russell reported seeing hieroglyphics chiseled on carefully polished
granite within what appeared to be a cavern temple. Another cave led to
their sacred hall which contained carvings of ritual devices and
markings similar to those of the Masonic Order. A long tunnel from this
temple led to a room where, Hill said, "Well-preserved remains of
dinosaurs, saber-toothed tigers, imperial elephants, and other extinct
beasts were paired off in niches as if on display."

Ten to fifteen years earlier the caves had been seen by another miner
who had fallen from the bottom of a mineshaft. In his book, "Death
Valley Men", Bourke Lee related a conversation among residents of Death
Valley concerning the local Paiute Native American legends of an
underground city at Wingate Pass. After falling through the ceiling of
an unknown tunnel, the miner had followed it 20 miles north of the
Panamint Mountains to discover a huge ancient underground city. He saw
arching stone vaults with huge stone doors and a polished round table in
the center of their council chamber which had once been lit by
ingenious lights fueled by subterranean gases. Leaning against the walls
were their tall gold spears. He said that the designs on their thick
golden armbands resembled the work of the Egyptians. The tunnel ended at
an exit overlooking Furnace Creek Ranch in California's Imperial
Valley. He could see from there that the valley had once been
underwater. The tunnel entrance had been a dock or a quay located
halfway up the side of the mountain. A deal was made with the
Smithsonian museum for the find, but the miner was betrayed by his
partner. The evidence was stolen and the entrance concealed.AND MORE IN CALIFORNIA...These weren't the only ones found in California. Definitely, not one extraordinary story. In fact, there are probably even more still in the ground/caves of the state than have been found. They appeared to be everywhere. Here's a few cases including on islands - A giant found off the California Coast on Santa Rosa Island in the 1800s was distinguished by its double rows of teeth.In 1931, skeletons from 8 1-2 to 10 feet long were found in the Humbolt Lake bed in CaliforniaIn 1947 a local newspaper reported the discovery of nine-foot-tall skeletons by amateur archeologists working in Death Valley.The Catalina Islands, off
California had dwarf mammoth bones and shown to have been roasted and eaten over fire pits by human-like creatures with double rows of teeth.

Utah near the town of Manti.
In 1955 a man by the name of John Brewer found a set of stone stairs
carved on the floor of cave near Manti, Utah. After gaining access he
discovered a tomb or chamber where he found large coffins and mummies
with red and blond hair of very large stature. He also found boxes with
metal plates inscribed in an ancient text. He showed this to a friend,
Dr. Robert Heinerman, Ph.D. in anthropology. No photos exist of the
coffins or mummies. Only photos of the plates were taken. Some of the
plates were made of gold, some of copper.

During the excavation, he uncovered an entrance that led to an ancient
burial chamber, that contained two very large mummies. In the caskets
with these two mummies were several gold and copper tablets, a five-foot
sword attatched to the male mummy, many jewels attatched to the female
mummy and other artifacts. Several of the gold and copper tablets were
removed for testing and further examinations. Similar finds had been
made in Ohio and Michigan. The famous Soper/Savage collections (Midwest) contain
many tablets made from gold, lead, copper, bronze and black slate.
Amazingly, some of the inscriptions found on the Soper/Savage tablets
can also be seen on tablets from the Sanpete find.

As well, some burial mound areas were found in northern Utah and hieroglyphs that appeared to have Aztec inscriptions. Many people rumor that the LDS has hidden away much of the information.The Paiutes had a legend about some tall beings with long-dark hair that were Egyptian like who arrived by boats in Death Valley and lived in caves. Coincidentally, there is a legend of an Egyptian like tomb being found in the Grand Canyon with hieroglyphs and art work.

NEVADA -Paiutes had a legend about an ancient tribe of cannibalistic red-haired giants that tormented their ancestors. Legend said that their ancestors trapped the giants in a cave (now known as Lovelock Cave) and filled it with wood and lit it afire, killing off the clan. It would have remained a legend, but in 1911, guano farmers went into the cave to harvest the valuable guano and dug up relics including giant skeletons with red hair. Other skeletons were found in various caves in the state. The descriptions passed down from the Paiutes described a giant race of rather simple-minded, hungry, vicious beings. Yet, other giants locations have shown forms of writing with hieroglyphs, mummifying the dead, metal work, civilized cities... How was it that these giant races - found around the world - were so vastly different? I suppose it would be like comparing an Amazonian tribe to residents of New York City. Every culture will have its societies that build technology, arts, religion and politics, while others survive day to day as the focus of their existence.ARIZONA Now, tuck yourself in for this thrilling account from the Arizona Gazette in 1909!The
latest news of the progress of the explorations of what is now regarded
by scientists as not only the oldest archaeological discovery in the
United States, but one of the most valuable in the world, which was
mentioned some time ago in the Gazette, was brought to the city
yesterday by G.E. Kinkaid, the explorer who found the great underground
citadel of the Grand Canyon during a trip from Green River, Wyoming,
down the Colorado in a wooden boat, to Yuma, several months ago.

According
to the story yesterday to the Gazette by Mr. Kinkaid, the archaeologist
of the Smithsonian Institute, which is financing the explorations, have
made discoveries which almost conclusively prove that the race which
inhabited this mysterious cavern, hewn in solid rock by human hands, was
of Oriental origin or possibly from Egypt tracing back to Ramses. If
their theories are borne out of the translation of the tablets engraved
with hieroglyphics, the mystery of the prehistoric peoples of North
America, their ancient arts, who they were and whence they came, will be
solved. Egypt and the Nile and Arizona and the Colorado will be linked
by a historical chain running back to ages which staggers the wildest
fancy of the fictionist.

A Thorough Investigation
Under the direction of professor S.A. Jordan, the Smithsonian Institute
is now prosecuting the most thorough explorations, which will be
continued until the last link in the chain has been forged. Nearly a
mile underground, about 1480 feet below the surface, the long main
passage has been delved into, to find another mammoth chamber from which
radiates scores of passageways, like the spokes of a wheel. Several
hundred rooms have been discovered, reached by passageways running from
the main passage, one of them having been explored for 854 feet and
another 634 feet.

The
recent finds include articles which have never been known as native to
this country and doubtless they had their origin in the Orient. War
weapons, copper instruments sharp edged and hard as steel, indicate the
high state of civilization reached by these strange people. So
interested have the scientists become that preparations are being made
to equip the camp for extensive studies and the force will be increased
to thirty or forty persons. Before going further into the cavern, better
facilities for lighting have to be installed, for the darkness is dense
and impenetrable for the average flash light. In order to avoid being
lost, wires are being strung from the entrance to all passageways
leading directly to large chambers. How far this cavern extends no one
can guess, but it is now the belief of many that what has already been
explored is merely the “Barracks”, to use an American term, for the
soldiers, and that far into the underworld will be found the main
communal dwellings of the families and possibly other shrines. The
perfect ventilation of the cavern, the steady drought that blows
through, indicates that it has another outlet to the surface.

Mr. Kinkaids ReportMr. Kinkaid was the first white child born in Idaho and has been an
explorer and hunter all his life. Thirty years having been in the
service of the Smithsonian Institute. Even briefly recounted, his
history sounds fabulous, almost grotesque. “First, I would
impress that the cavern is almost inaccessible. The entrance is almost
1486 feet down a shear canyon wall. It is located on government land and
no visitor will be allowed there under penalty of trespass. The
scientists wish to work unmolested, without fear of the archaeological
discoveries being disturbed by curio or relic hunters. A trip there
would be fruitless and the visitor would be sent on his way.

The
story of how I found the cavern has already been recounted, but in a
paragraph: I was journeying down the Colorado river in a boat, alone,
looking for mineral. Some forty two miles up the river from El Tovar
Crystal canyon, I saw on the east wall, stains in the sedimentary
formation about 2000 feet above the river bed. There was no trail to
this point, but I finally reached it with great difficulty. Above a
shelf, which hid it from view of the river, was the mouth of the cave.
There are steps leading from this entrance some thirty yards from what
was at the time the cavern was inhabited, the level of the river. When I
saw the chisel marks on the wall inside the entrance, I became
interested, secured my gun and went in. During that trip I went back
several hundred feet along the main passage, till I came to the main
crypt in which I discovered the mummies. One of these I stood up and
photographed by flashlight. I gathered a number of relics, which I
carried down the Colorado to Yuma, from whence I shipped them to
Washington with details of the discovery. Following this, the
explorations were undertaken”.

The Passages
“The main passageway is about 12 feet wide, narrowing to 9 feet toward
the farther end. About 57 feet from the entrance, the first passages
branch off to the right and left, along which, on both sides, are a
number of rooms about the size of ordinary living rooms of today, though
some are 30 to 40 feet square.

These
are entered by oval shaped doors and are ventilated by round air spaces
through the walls into the passages. The walls are about 3 feet 6
inches in thickness. The passages are chiseled or hewn as straight as
could be laid out by any engineer. The ceilings of many of the rooms
converge to a center. The side passages near the entrance run at a sharp
angle from the main hall, but toward the rear they gradually reach a
right angle in direction”.

The Shrine
“Over a hundred feet from the entrance is a cross-hall, several hundred
feet long, in which was found the idol, or image, of the peoples god,
sitting cross-legged, with a Lotus flower or Lily in each hand. The cast
of the face is Oriental, and the carving shows a skillful hand, and the
entire is remarkably well preserved, as is everything in this cavern.
The idol most resembles Buddha, though the scientists are not certain as
to what religious worship it represents. Taking into consideration
everything found thus far, it is possible that the worship most
resembles the ancient people of Thibet. Surrounding this idol are
smaller images, some beautiful in form, other crooked necked and
distorted shapes, symbolical, probably, of good and evil. There are two
large cacti with protruding arms, one on each side of the dais on which
the god squats. All this is carved out of hard rock resembling marble.

In
the opposite corner of this cross-hall were found tools of all
descriptions, made of copper. This people undoubtedly knew the lost art
of hardening this metal, which has been sought by chemists for centuries
without result. On a bench running around the workroom was some
charcoal and other material probably used in the process. There is also
slag and stuff similar to matte, showing that these ancient peoples
smelted ores, but so far, no trace of where of how this was done has
been discovered, nor the origin of the ore. Among other finds are vases
or urns and cups of copper and gold made very artistic in design. The
pottery work includes enameled ware and glazed vessels.

Another
passageway leads to granaries such as are found in the Oriental
temples. They contain seeds of various kinds. One very large storehouse
has not been entered, as it is twelve feet high and can be reached only
from above. Two copper hooks extend on the edge,(continued on page 7)
which indicates that some sort of ladder was attached. These granaries
are rounded and the materials of which they are constructed, I think, is
a very hard cement. A grey metal is also found in this cavern which
puzzles the scientists, for it’s identity has not been established. It
resembles platinum. Strewn promiscuously over the floor everywhere are
what people call “Cats eyes” or “Tiger eyes”, a yellow stone of no great
value. Each one is engraved with a head of a Malay type.”

The Hieroglyphics
“On all the urns, on the walls over the doorways and tablets of stone
which were found by the image are mysterious hieroglyphics, the key to
which the Smithsonian Institution hopes yet to discover. These writings
resemble those found on the rocks about this valley. The engraving on
the tablets probably has something to do with the religion of the
people, Similar hieroglyphics have been found in the peninsula of
Yucatan, but these are not found in the Orient. Some believe that these
cave dwellers built the old canals in the Salt River valley. Among the
pictorial writings only two animals are found. One is of prehistoric
type”.

The Crypt
“The tomb or crypt in which the mummies are found is one of the largest
of the chambers, the walls slanting back at an angle of about 35
degrees. One these are tiers of mummies, each one occupying a separate
hewn shelf. At the head of each is a small bench on which is found
copper cups and pieces of broken swords. Some of the mummies are covered
with clay and all are wrapped in a bark fabric. The urns or cups on the
lower tiers are crude, while as the higher shelves are reached, the
urns are finer in design showing a interstage of civilization. It is
worthy of note that all the mummies examined so far have proved to be
male, no children or females being buried here. This leads to the belief
that this interior section was the warriors barracks,

Among
the discoveries no bones of animals have been found, no skins, no
clothing nor bedding. Many of the rooms are bare but for the water
vessels. One room, about 400 by 700 feet, was probably the main dining
hall for cooking utensils are found here. What these people lived on is a
problem, though it is presumed that they came south for the winter and
farmed in the valleys, going back north in the summer. Upwards of 50,000
people could have lived in the cavern comfortably. One theory is that
the present indian tribe found in Arizona are descendants of the serfs
or slaves of the people which inhabited the cave. Undoubtedly a good
many thousands of years before the Christian era a people lived here
which reached a high state of civilization. The chronology of human
history is full of gaps. Prof. Jordan is much enthused over the
discoveries and believes that the find will prove of incalculable value
in archaeological work.

“One
thing I have spoken of may be of interest. There is one chamber the
passageways to which is not ventilated and when we approach it a deadly,
snaky smell struck us. Our lights would not penetrate the gloom and
until stronger ones are available, we will not know what the chamber
contains. Some say snakes, but others boo-hoo this idea and think that
it may contain a deadly gas or chemicals used by the ancients. No sounds
are heard, but it smells snaky just the same.

The
whole underground institution gives one of shaky nerves the creeps. The
gloom is like a weight on ones shoulders and our flashlights and
candles only make the darkness blacker.

Imagination
can revel in conjectures and ungodly day-dreams back through the ages
that have elapsed till the mind reels dizzily in space”.

An Indian Legend
In connection with this story, it is notable that among the Hopis the
tradition is told that their ancestors once lived in an underworld in
the Grand Canyon! till dissension arose between the good and the bad,
the people of one heart, the people of two hearts (Manchoto) who was
their chief, counselled them to leave the underworld, but there was no
way out. The chief then caused a tree to grow up and pierce the roof of
the underworld and then the people of one heart climbed out. They
tarried by Palsiaval (Red River), which is the Colorado, and grew grain
and corn. They sent out a message to the temple of the sun, asking the
blessing of peace, good will and rain for the people of one heart. That
messenger never returned but, today at the Hopi village, at sundown can
be seen the old men of the tribe out on the housetops gazing towards the
sun, looking for the messenger. When he returns, their land and ancient
dwelling place will be restored to them. That is the tradition.

Among
the engravings of animals in the cave is seen a image of a heart over
the spot where it is located. The legend was learned by W.E. Rollins,
the artist, during a year spent with the Hopi Indians. There are two
theories of the origin of the Egyptians. One is that they came from
Asia: another is that the racial cradle was in the upper Nile region.
Heeren, an Egyptologist, believed in the Indian origin of the Egyptians.
The discoveries in the Grand Canyon may throw further light on human
evolution and prehistoric ages.”

Here’s an off-hand report of Kincaid’s arrival in Yuma three weeks, 3 days prior to the interview with the reporter.

ARIZONA GAZETTE, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1909

“G.E. Kincaid Reaches Yuma.
G.E. Kincaid of Lewiston, Idaho, arrived in Yuma after a trip from Green
River, Wyoming, down the entire course of the Colorado river. He is the
second man to make this journey and came alone in a small skiff,
stopping at his pleasure to investigate the surrounding country. He left
Green River in October, having a small covered boat with oars, and
carrying a fine camera, with which he secured over seven hundred views
of the river and canyons which are unsurpassed. Mr. Kincaid says that
one of the most interesting features of the trip was passing through the
sluiceways at Laguna dam. He made this perilous passage with only the
loss of an oar. Some interesting archaeological discoveries were
unearthed and altogether the trip was of such interest that he will
repeat it next winter, in the company of friends.”

NEW MEXICO

New Mexico unearthed an interesting graveyard with skeletons reported of immense sizes. It began with two stones that were discovered that had inscriptions of some kind on them. In a shallow grave below them were found some 12-foot long skeletons. Chest circumference was measured as supposedly 7 feet! The forearm of one examined was 4 feet long! (New York Times 1902)

What can we make of these stories (these are only a portion of what is reported in the Southwest)? These ancient clans of giants would have had to have some different origins from the crude red-haired ones to the dark-haired Egyptian/Asian ones with technology and art.

The ones in Ohio Valley also reportedly had burial methods, hieroglyphs, copper work and civilized communities. The band of red-haired ones in Nevada were reportedly vagabonds and cannibals. These people seem almost like a rogue band of simple-minded giants, but there's no way to tell at this late juncture just what their origins were or why they were so very different from the ones reported to be living in well carved out spaces underground and in caves and having a civilized existence that is out of our previous concept of post-ice-age man. Perhaps there was a hierarchy based on breeding and the red-haired ones were - part Neanderthal?

Well, this continued search for answers will not end any time soon. There are plenty of people taking the viewed evidence seriously and the reports and are no doubt hoping to make the next big find. It is my guess there are many amazing ones that have never been tapped and that is where the excitement truly is - in having these things in our hands to weigh, measure, hold up to the light, and begin to piece the true story of man and his origins, his history and his influences.

1 comment:

Being red headed sounds they could be more Scandinavian or something over in that part of the world. Would be a better explanation of the red hair. There has been evidence of the Vikings coming here so that's not such a long shot.

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